Switch.



No. 846,863. PATENTED MAR. 12, 1907. J. G. RAY.

SWITCH.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 21, 1905.

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No. 846,863. VPATENTED MAR. 12, 1907.

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SWITCH.

APPLI OATION FILED NOV. 21 1905.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTOE,

JOSEPH O. RAY, OF SELMER, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO D. E. CARTER AND J. A. MOORE, OF SELMER, TENNESSEE.

' SWITCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OSEPI-I O. RAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Selmer, in the county of McNairy and State of Tennessee, have invented a new and useful Improvement in a Switch, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a railway-switch, and especially to switches leading upon opposite sides of the main track from the same point.

The object of this invention is to throw both switches from one lever, to provide a switch which it will be impossible for a train to enter unless the switch is properly set, and to provide a switch which will leave the main line entirely clear of frogs and moves or cuts in the main rails.

The invention consists in the novel features of construction hereinafter fully set forth, pointed out in the claim, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a detail section on the line 5 5 of Fig, 1 looking toward the left.

In the drawings, A represents the rails of the main through track, B the rails of a siding upon one side of the main track, and O the rails of a siding upon the opposite sides of the track A. Between the rails A is placed a fixed crossover-rail O and a shorter crossover-rail B, the fixed rail O leading toward the siding O and the rail B toward the lefthand siding B. The crossover-rail O has pivoted to it a switch-point O adapted to engage one of the rails A in the usual manner, and at the opposite end of the crossover-rail C is pivoted a movable rail C The rail C at its free-end overhangs the track-rail A opposite to the one engaged by the point C the rail O being slightly higher than the rail A. A rail 0* is pivoted at one end to the inner rail O, and the opposite end also overhangs the rail A and engages the free end of the rail C the meeting ends of the rails O and O being properly beveled.

Track connections between the inner rail B and the crossover-rail B is made by means of rails B B, B and B all of which are pivoted and movable. The rail B is pivotally connected to the rail B, and the rails B and B are pivotally connected together. The free ends of the rails B and B are beveled to form meeting ends and are cut to overhang the rail O at said ends.

The rail B is pivoted to the inner rail B, and the meeting ends of rails B and B are also beveled and cut to lap over or overhang the rail A, engaged by the switch-point C A switch-point B is also pivotally connected to the crossover-rail B, and suitable switchpoints D are pivotally connected to the outer rails B and C. To actuate the abovementioned points and pivoted rails, a rotatable rod E is arranged adjacent the track and is provided with three crank portions E and two crank portions E the latter extendingin an opposite direction from the crank portions E. To the first crank portion E is pivotally connected an operating-rod F, and this rod is connected to the points D and also to the points B and C To the first crank portion E counting from the switchlever, is pivotally connected an operatingrod G, which is connected to the pivoted rail B To the second crank portion E is pivotally connected a rod H, which is also connected to the pivoted rail B*. To the second crank portion E is pivoted a rod I, which is also connected to the rail B and to the last crank portion E is pivotally connected a rail J, which is connected to the movable rail B The rod E is operated by means of a suitable switch-lever E The outer rails B and C have their tread-surfaces in a higher plane than the main-track rails A, and the points D also rise gradually to this plane.

It will be obvious from the above descripton and drawing that when the lever E is held in an intermediate or perpendicular position the switches will both be opened, and the rails A of the main track will be cleared, and the wheels of a train traveling over will encounter nothing to indicate that a switch is being passed.

When the lever E is thrown to the right, the switch-point O and the right-hand point D will be brought into engagement with the rails A and the movable rails C and C will be moved in opposite directions by the rods I and J, respectively, and as the rod I is also connected to the rail B this rail will be moved away from the rail A, and as the rod J is also connected to the rail B this rail will clear the rail A as they pass upon the angle be moved away from the rail A. It will therefore be impossible for a train to pass to the rails B, as there is no complete crossover to the left-hand siding. As the train enters the siding at C the righthand wheels will rise upon the right-hand point D and upon the outer rail C, and as the wheels upon the left-hand side approach the rail A for the purpose of crossing the same they will ride upon the movable rail C and their flanges clear the rail A.

It will also be noted that the switch-points D are provided with straight end portions, which lie parallel to the track-rails A when the switch they control is closed, so that the wheels striking the said points will rise and portion of the points 1).

It will also be obvious that by throwing the switch-lever E out of a vertical position I to the left the switch to the siding formed by the rails B will be closed, as indicated by the dotted lines.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with through-track rails, a siding on each side of the track-rails, a crossover-rail leading to one siding and having a pivoted movable end portion adjacent a track-rail, a pivoted crossover leading to the other siding and between the firstmentioned crossover-rail and the track-rail last mentioned, movable crossover-rails pivoted at their meeting ends and between the firstmentioned crossover-rail and the remaining through rail, and leading to the second siding, and common means for simultaneously bringing into alinement the pivoted crossover-rails leading to the second siding and opening the switch leading to the firstmen tioned siding.

JOSEPH C. RAY. lVitnesses:

N. W. CREDE, A. P. PARATHERS. 

